The Navy announced today that it would attempt to recover an F‐14 fighter plane that together with its highly secret Phoenix weapons system was lost over the side of the carrier John F. Kennedy in the northern Atlantic on Tuesday. Navy officials insisted that the recovery attempt was dictated by a desire to salvage the plane so as possibly to rebuild it, but more importantly to try to determine what caused the accident. Another factor entering into the Navy decision was to prevent the almost‐$20 million plane, one ofthe most sophisticated in the American arsenal, from being recovered by the Soviet Union. “We are not in a great contest with the Soviets,” one Navy official observed, “but we would just as soon not leave the plane lying around on the bottom for them to pick up if they want and can.” With its long‐range Phoenix missiles, the swept‐wing F‐14 is regarded as possibly the only American plane capable of shooting down the MIG‐25 at extremely high altitudes. In its electronic and computer equipment, including the Phoenix system, however, the F‐14 is believed to be far more sophisticated than the Soviet plane. The F‐14’s computerized fire control system is capable of simultaneously tracking and firing the Phoenix missiles, which have a 100‐mile range, at six different targets. One of the $500,000 Phoenix missiles was on the plane when stuck throttle apparently caused it to roll over the side of the carrier.
Two days of voting began for the 65-member Parliament of the nation of Malta, with voters aged 18, 19 and 20 being allowed to participate for the first time and the number of seats increased from 55 to 65. Prime Minister Dom Mintoff and his ruling Malta Labour Party, who had a 28 to 27 lead over the National Party in the last parliament, won 6 of the additional 10 seats and finished with a majority of 34 to 31. In sprawling Granaries Square just outside the city wall, thousands of Maltese gathered this week to shout, eat ice cream and wave flags at Prime Minister Dom Mintoff. A couple of miles away, thousands of others pushed their way into narrow streets for another political rally for the opposition and proclaimed that it was time for Mr. Mintoff to go. “Five years of Mintoff is too long for anyone,” said one young woman. The two rallies — and the crowds seemed evenly matched in size — marked the end of the election campaign. In the voting, which began today and ends tomorrow afternoon, some 200,000 voters are deciding the fate of Mr. Mintoff, the fiery 60‐year‐old leader who likes big belt buckles, believes in democratic socialism, courts Libya and other Arab countries and preaches nonalignment in this Mediterranean island nation long tied to the North Atlantic alliance.
The West German Defense Ministry said today that its attempts to investigate possible Lockheed payoffs in this country had been frustrated because of the unexplained disappearance of key files dating from the late 1950’s. These dealt with a period during which the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation won a contract to supply the West German Air Force with 700 Starfighters. In a 17-page report issued today, the ministry said, in part: “A final clearing‐up of suspicion appears to be possible only when all the files in possession of the American Government have been examined and evaluated.”
Poland’s Communist leaders have abandoned all plans to increase basic food prices until mid‐1978 to avoid provoking further riots, the Communist Party weekly Polityka disclosed today. The government nas quietly dropped a planned 35 percent rise in meat prices by the end of the year, already scaled down from the 69 percent that sparked rioting in June according to Polityka. In a commentary on a recent meeting of the party’s Central Committee mainly devoted to food prices, Polityka said: “The authorities decided on another way to solve the problem a slower and more gradual way.”
The Law of the Sea Conference closed seven‐week session today, deadlocked by a dispute over exploitation of the mineral wealth of the deep seabed. The participants from 150 countries will meet for a sixth session at the U.N. next May, but few expressed optimism about the chances for resolving the controversy, which has obstructed a wide‐ranging international treaty on the uses of the oceans. The treaty, of more than 400 articles, is also concerned with navigation and fishing rights, the environment and scientific research.
Israeli border policemen, pelted by stones and bottles hurled by Arabs demonstrating near the Jewish quarter of the walled Old City, opened fire today, killing a 24‐year‐old West Bank Arab and wounding an Arab teenager. The incident, which increase a tension in the former Jordanian section of Jerusaern, grew out of two days of protests by West Bank Arabs against increasing Israeli settlement in the territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 war. There were demonstrations yesterday in two large West Bank towns, Nablus and Hebron. Today’s shootings marked the worst clash in four months between Israeli authorities and West Bank Arabs. The death of the an identified resident of Hebron was the 11th this year among West Bank Arabs protesting the Israeli occupation. The wounded teen‐ager was said to live in the West Bank town of Tulkarem. West Bank residents conducted protests and boycotts in July and August against the imposition of a new Israeli tax on a wide range of consumer goods. The protest has since subsided, but many West Bank merchants say they will not remit the taxes to the Israeli Government. They are due to be delivered in December.
The, shootings occurred during a demonstration by dozens of young Arabs in a section of the Old City near the Wailing Wall and the Al Aksa Mosque. There was an unusually large number of Arabs, who were not Involved in the demonstration in the vicinity of the mosque because of religious observances connected with Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. The demonstration became unruly and the Israeli border policemen were attacked by rocks and bottles, prompting them to open fire, A terse announcement of the incident by an Israeli police spokesman said the patrol had fired warning shots. Last May, after a series of violent conflicts between Israeli paramilitary border policemen and rioting West Bank residents, there was considerable pressure in Israel for equipping riot control forces with nonlethal means like rubber bullets and tear gas.
Rightwing Christian leaders in Lebanon say they are confident that, with the Syrian Army taking decisive action, they will win the 17-month Lebanese conflict by military means. They believe that with the help of Syria they can achieve their principal goals, including the withdrawal Of Palestinian armed forces from the fighting front and their eventual confinement to refugee camps. Few if any of these Christian leaders believe that the war can be ended by political negotiation. They predict that a new round of heavy fighting will begin within a few weeks, with decisive action by the Syrian Army. This is the common view prevailing here as the inauguration next Thursday of Lebanon’s President‐elect, Elias Sarkis, approaches.
[Ed: Sorry, Guys. This war has years of killing and shifting alliances to go.]
Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian representatives met today to discuss the possibility of a cease‐fire, and then adjourned after six hours of talks until Sunday. The meeting, held in the eastern Lebanese town of Chtaura, was attended by Elias Sarkis, the President‐elect; Yasser Arafat, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and Vice Air Marshal Naji Jamil, the Syrian Deputy Defense Minister and air force commander. Dr. Hassan Sabry el‐Kholy, who represented the Arab League at the meeting, said the talks had to be put off until Sunday because Mr. Sarkis had to go to Cairo tomorrow for talks with President Sadat. Mr. Sarkis left for Damascus this evening aboard a Syrian military helicopter.
The lying-in‐state of Chairman Mao Tse‐tung ended today in Peking’s Great Hall of the People after an estimated 350,000 people had filed past his bier. Tomorrow, about one million mourners are expected to attend a mass rally — the finale to eight days of grieving for the father of modern China. It was not known whether Mao would be cremated, as other Communist heroes have been. There was some speculation his body might be preserved in a shrine. Before tomorrow’s rally, most of China’s 800 million people are expected to stand in silence for three minutes. Foreigners will not be invited to the rally.
Panama accused the United States of using a “destabilization plan” to bring chaos to the country. In a formal protest note, the Panamanian Foreign Minister said Washington was responsible for recent student demonstrations against the high cost of living.
A methane gas explosion and subsequent poisoning killed 143 men in an underground coal mine about 25 miles (40 km) from the city of Tete in the southeast African nation of Mozambique.
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and Prime Minister John Vorster opened talks tonight amid signs that progress had been made toward overcoming at least one of the key obstacles to a settlement in southern Africa. The first meeting lasted five hours. An American official called it a “constructive” session but would provide few details. A second session will be held tomorrow morning, after which Mr. Vorster is expected to have a news conference. In the black township of Soweto, meanwhile, the police shot and killed at least one student and wounded several who were demonstrating against the Kissinger visit. On Mr. Kissinger’s jet to Pretoria from Lusaka, Zambia, reporters were told that he believed that his weeks of mediation had brought black Africans and South Africa “within negotiating range” on major issues that have been holding up independence for South‐West Africa, also known as Namibia. Upon his arrival here this afternoon. Mr. Kissinger received military honors from both white and black South African groups. He is the highest‐ranking American official ever to visit South Africa, country whose policy of apartheid has been denounced by the United States repeatedly. The visit was considered necessary, because Mr. Kissinger needs Mr. Vorster’s cooperation to avoid racial war in Rhodesia and South‐West Africa.
Demonstrators in Soweto were fired on by the police during protests against the visit to South Africa of Secretary Kissinger. The police said one student had been killed, but other sources said six had died. At the same lime, firebombs went off in white areas of Johannesburg in what the police viewed as a show of force by black militants timed to coincide with Mr. Kissinger’s arrival.
NASA publicly unveils the Space Shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, California, named after the Star Trek Enterprise, with the cast attending. The first U.S. space shuttle, given the name Enterprise after a letter-writing campaign by fans of the television show Star Trek, was rolled out of a Palmdale, California hangar for its first public display. NASA had initially planned to name the craft Constitution, but “they were overruled by President Ford, who had been urged by ‘Star Trek’ fans to adopt the name ‘Enterprise.’” Ironically, the space shuttle Enterprise never went into space and was used for spare parts for the rest of the shuttle fleet. Under a harsh desert sun, and while a brass band played “The Theme From Star Trek,” the first manned spacecraft developed by the United States since the Apollo moon landings made its public debut today. “This day, we’re about to enter a new era,” said Dr. James C. Fletcher, administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, moments before the huge white‐and‐black craft was towed in front of nearly 1,000 visitors here for the traditional “roll out” ceremony accorded new vehicles of flight.
A ban on most abortions paid for by Medicaid was approved by the Senate and sent to the White House along with a $57 billion H.E.W. appropriation to which it was attached. President Ford is expected to veto the bill because of the size of the appropriation, although he supports the abortion ban section of the bill. Proponents of the restriction have argued that abortions are immoral and that the Federal Government should not pay for an immoral act. Opponents of the restriction have defended the morality of the operation and have argued that Federal financing is a social necessity.
The ultimate effect of the Congressional restrictions was somewhat in doubt today. First, President Ford is expected to veto the bill, not because of the abortion restrictions, which he supports, but because the over‐all appropriation, for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the Department of Labor, is $4 billion above his budget request. Thus, for the abortion ban to be enacted, the veto must be overridden or the language must be attached to a subsequent bill. Second there is considerable disagreement among senators and representatives over which abortions are permissible and which are forbidden by the legislation, and the question remains of how the legislation will be interpreted by Medicaid administrators. Finally, the constitutionality of the abortion limitation is sure to be challenged in court. It is even possible that an injunction can be obtained to block implementation of the law until the courts settle the matter.
A challenge to the Ford-Carter debates by minor party candidates was blocked in Federal District Court in Washington. The judge ruled that Eugene McCarthy and Thomas Anderson of the American Party should have applied first to two federal commissions. Mr. McCarthy’s lawyer said he would appeal. An F.C.C. ruling on an effort by Lester Maddox to block the debates is expected early next week.
Inviting Republican support, Daniel Patrick Moynihan characterized New York Senator James Buckley as “a man outside the political consensus” of the state and asked Republicans who wanted to save their party from its “extremes” to support him. The attack appeared to signal an attempt by Mr. Moynihan to remind the voters that Mr. Buckley was a Conservative first. I would welcome Republicans who want to save the party from its extremes,” Mr. Moynihan, the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate, said as he made quick appearances at five upstate airports, his first post‐primary campaigning in an area where he had not done as well as expected in the Democratic primary. The remarks signaled a Moynihan strategy, acknowledged by his aides, to pre‐empt the middle of the political spectrum. Details of his strategy emerging today indicated he would direct his campaign at the traditionally moderate and conservative voters in Queens, the New York City suburbs and upstate and would press the theme that he would be able to do more for the state than the Republican incumbent.
The Teamsters’ president, Frank Fitzsimmons, forced the resignation of one of his closest associates, William Presser, as a trustee of the union’s $1.4 billion Central States Pension Fund. Mr. Fitzsimmons also announced that another trustee of the fund, Frank Ranney, had resigned. Both men had pleaded the Fifth Amendment during a Justice Department investigation of mismanagement of the fund.
Casino gambling in Atlantic City, according to a conglomerate that bought the city’s largest hotel, would bring 30,000 new jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars into the New Jersey resort. The company, Resorts International, called a news conference to pronounce itself free of organized crime and to list the advantages to Atlantic City if the state’s voters approved a casino referendum.
Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo says he is confident he can defeat an attempt to recall him from the office he won by a landslide 10 months ago. The former Police Commissioner said, “I’m not concerned. I will be mayor for a long time.” Mr. Rizzo’s reaction came after a Philadelphia judge yesterday overruled the city commissioners and ordered the recall question placed on the November 2 general election ballot. But lawyers for Mr. Rizzo, a Democrat, have asked the state Supreme Court to overturn the decision of Judge David Savitt of the Common Pleas Court.
Four jailed newsmen were released from a prison farm to which they had been confined since September 3 for refusing to identify the source of articles in the Fresno Bee published in 1975. They were released despite their refusal to give the information at a new hearing held to determine if further confinement would cause them to change their minds.
Former President Richard M. Nixon has offered his aid to “a Chinese woman in her libel suit against a newspaper that reported they were romantically linked, the woman’s attorney said today. Robert K. Steinberg said that Mr. Nixon said during a meeting in San Clemente that he would cooperate with Marianna Liu in her $5 million libel suit against The National Enquirer. “What Mr. Nixon means, I believe, is that if any one wants to take a deposition he would be available in San Clemente,” Mr. Steinberg said. “He said he would go to court, if necessary.”
Former RCA associates of Anthony Conrad, who resigned Thursday as the company’s chairman, said they were mystified over his failure to file income tax returns for five years, especially since most of the taxes had been paid through withholding. In his statement to RCA’s board when he resigned, Mr. Conrad said he owed $704,292 in taxes for the five years and that $648,618 had been paid through withholding. He said he had paid the deficiency plus interest, as well as state and local taxes he owed.
Housing starts rose by 11 percent in July, the Commerce Department reported. The increase was led by an increase in the sector of apartment house construction, an area that had been lagging behind the rest of the industry. President Ford and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Carla Hills said the figures were attributable mainly to anti-inflation policies.
The Governor of Alaska is sending an emergency force of judges, prosecutors, and public defenders into the trans-Alaska pipeline town of Fairbanks to crack down on prostitution, mugging, and robbery. Governor Jay Hammond also volunteered the services of state troopers to patrol the streets but city officials turned that offer down. Mr. Hammond said yesterday he had taken the steps because of advice “from people in the Fairbanks area that the situation on the streets has become serious, if not outright dangerous.” “The courts are falling behind, and there is a risk that criminal defendants might go free, simply because of a lack of resources to try them,” he said in a television address.
Nurses began returning to work today just hours after ratifying the Seattle Area Hospital Council’s contract offer. When Pamela Knowles, Washington Nurses Association negotiator, announced the 74 percent approval vote, the 150 nurses present hugged each other amid cheers and applause. The 1,800 nurses have not worked for 68 days, but about 80 will not be returning to work. Their positions have been abolished or replacements hired during the strike. “I voted to accept,” said Josephine Byersdorf, a registered nurse at Northgate Hospital. “But I know I won’t have a job. Right from the very first day of the strike, a replacement nurse was hired.”
Polydor/Atlantic releases Ringo Starr’s fifth studio album “Ringo’s Rotogravure”
British punk rock band the Sex Pistols play before a captive audience at Chelmsford Prison, Essex, England.
A wild pitch by Charlie Hough in the 12th inning and a passed ball on the next delivery by the knuckleball reliever enabled the Atlanta Braves to gain a 1–0 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Los Angeles Dodgers won the second game, 11–7. Don Sutton, bidding for his 20th victory, pitched the first 11 innings of the opener for the Dodgers before turning the mound over to Hough. Tom Paciorek greeted the change with a single, took second on a sacrifice by Brian Asselstine and advanced to third on Hough’s wild pitch. Hough then served up a knuckleball to Darrel Chaney and when the pitch got away from catcher Ellie Rodriguez, Paciorek scored the winning run. In the nightcap, Ted Sizemore batted in five runs for the Dodgers, accounting for two with a triple in the fourth, walking with the bases loaded in the sixth and driving in two runs with a single in the ninth.
Breaking a close game apart, the Twins scored four runs in the seventh inning and added four more in the ninth to defeat the Angels, 11–2. Larry Hisle homered with a man on base in the second and the Twins added a run in the fourth before the Angels picked up their pair. The Twins then erupted in the seventh with two runs scoring on a single by Dan Ford and another on a single by Hisle for his third RBI of the game. A double by Steve Braun and single by Roy Smalley each produced two of the Twins’ four runs in the ninth.
After saving the Phillies from defeat in the ninth inning, Larry Bowa turned around and committed an error in the 12th that enabled the Cubs to gain a 4–3 victory. The loss was the third straight for the Phils and 18th in their last 23 games. The Phillies went into the ninth on the short end of a 3–1 score, but rallied to pull even. Jay Johnstone doubled and crossed the plate on a single by Bob Boone. Jerry Martin ran for Boone and scored the tying run when Bowa tripled. However in the 12th, Bowa, battling the wind and sun, dropped a pop fly by Champ Summers, who reached second on the error. After Mick Kelleher popped up, Ron Reed walked Joe Wallis intentionally. Failing to relocate the plate, Reed also passed Pete LaCock. Jerry Morales then singled to drive in Summers with the Cubs’ winning run. Philly now leads by just 3 games.
Pete Rose singled in the fifth inning to reach 200 hits for the eighth season in his major league career, but the Reds lost to the Giants, 4–2. Jim Barr (14–11), with the aid of Randy Moffitt (13th save), who relieved in the eighth, beat the Reds for the fourth time this year. The Giants, who had a homer by Marty Perez, built up a 3–0 lead before the Reds posted their pair in the eighth on singles by Ken Griffey and Joe Morgan, a double by Tony Perez and sacrifice fly by George Foster. The Giants pulled away with an insurance run in the ninth on a single by Gary Thomasson and double by Chris Speier.
Luis Tiant gained his 19th victory and ninth in his last 10 decisions with batting support from Rick Burleson, Carl Yastrzemski and Butch Hobson, who drove in two runs apiece as the Red Sox defeated the Tigers, 8–3. Jim Rice added a homer to the Red Sox scoring. Mark Fidrych (16–9), who started for the Tigers, lasted only 2 ⅔ innings before making his earliest exit in 26 appearances this season. The Red Sox picked up a run in each of the first two stanzas and then chased Fidrych during a five-run outburst in the third. Two homers, one by Willie Horton with a man on base and the other by Ben Oglivie, accounted for the Tiger tallies.
Backed by George Brett, who drove in all of the Royals’ runs, Dennis Leonard (17–8) defeated the White Sox, 3–2, but it took an outstanding catch by Tom Poquette in the ninth inning to save the victory. Jim Wohlford and Poquette singled and Brett hit a sacrifice fly to produce the Royals’ initial run in the first inning. Another single by Wohlford, a stolen base and infield outs by Poquette and Brett added a run in the third. Fred Patek singled in the seventh, stole second and scored the deciding run on a single by Brett. The White Sox loaded the bases with one out in the ninth, but Poquette made a shoestring grab of a looper by Bill Stein along the right field line and Bucky Dent grounded out to end the game.
At Milwaukee County Stadium, 40,383 fans are on hand to celebrate “Hank Aaron Day.” Among those gathered are commissioner Bowie Kuhn and Jack Ford, representing his father Gerald. Hank goes hitless in 5 at-bats, and the first-place Yankees spoil the night by winning, 5–3, in 11 innings. Lou Piniella figured in the first three Yankee runs. After batting in one with a single in the first, Piniella tripled and scored on a single by Chris Chambliss in the fourth. Then in the ninth Piniella singled and gave way to pinch-runner Larry Murray, who subsequently counted the tying run on a sacrifice fly by Elliott Maddox. Graig Nettles smashed the deadlock in the 11th with his 27th homer of the season. The Yankees went on to add an insurance run on singles by Maddox and Fred Stanley and a squeeze bunt by Willie Randolph. Ed Figueroa tallies his 19th win, and the Yanks pad their lead to 11 games.
Wayne Garrett drove in two runs with a homer and Andre Dawson accounted for two with a triple to lead the Expos to a 9–5 victory over the Cardinals. Garrett’s round-tripper tied the score at 2–2 in the second inning. Garry Templeton, the Cards’ rookie shortstop, committed three errors, one with one out in the third, leading to four unearned runs for the Expos. Del Unser was safe on Templeton’s boot and scored on singles by Mike Jorgensen and Ellis Valentine. Dawson followed with his triple and crossed the plate himself on a single by Gary Carter. Gerry Hannahs gained credit for his first major league victory. Jerry Mumphrey and Hector Cruz homered for the Cardinals.
The Pirates pulled within three games of the slipping Phillies in the East Division race by defeating the Mets, 4–1. Doc Medich (7–11) was the winner, but Dave Giusti saved the game, snuffing out a threat after the Mets scored their run on singles by Mike Phillips, Lee Mazzilli and Felix Millan in the eighth inning. The Pirates counted initially in the second on consecutive singles by Willie Stargell, Dave Parker and Bill Robinson. Richie Hebner singled, Duffy Dyer doubled and Frank Taveras singled for two runs in the fifth. The Pirates’ final marker counted in the ninth. Robinson led off with a double, advanced after Hebner flied out and scored on a sacrifice fly by Dyer. Since August 24th, the Bucs have shaved 12 ½ games off the Phillies lead.
Gaylord Perry (13–14) gave up 10 hits and walked three but pitched the Rangers to a 4–3 victory over the Athletics, who fell 5½ games off the pace of the Royals in the West Division race. Roy Howell batted in two runs for the Rangers with a double in the third inning and their other tallies counted in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Gene Clines and single by Tom Grieve. The A’s, who had stolen 320 bases this season, ran themselves out of a possible victory in the seventh inning when they collected three hits and a walk, yet failed to score. Bert Campaneris led off with a single and was thrown out trying to steal second. Bill North followed with a single and also was nabbed in an attempt to pilfer second. Claudell Washington then walked and Don Baylor singled, but Perry retired Joe Rudi on a roller to end the threat.
The scheduled game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Indians at Cleveland was postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader tomorrow.
Major League Baseball:
Los Angeles Dodgers 0, Atlanta Braves 1
Los Angeles Dodgers 11, Atlanta Braves 7
Minnesota Twins 11, California Angels 2
Philadelphia Phillies 3, Chicago Cubs 4
San Francisco Giants 4, Cincinnati Reds 2
Boston Red Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 3
Chicago White Sox 2, Kansas City Royals 3
New York Yankees 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Montreal Expos 9
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, New York Mets 1
Texas Rangers 4, Oakland Athletics 3
Stock prices rose on the heaviest volume in almost six months. Yesterday’s surge was encouraged by speculation that the Federal Reserve Board might ease credit reins another notch, thus paving the way for lower interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 7.15 points yesterday to close at 995.10, its high for the day. This brought the two‐day rise in the Dow to almost 16 points. Advances on the New York Stock Exchange outnumbered declines by almost 3‐to‐1.
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 995.10 (+7.15, +0.72%)
Born:
Maile Misajon, American pop singer (Eden’s Crush — “Get Over Yourself”), in Long Beach, California.
Zac Bierk, Canadian NHL goaltender (Tampa Bay Lightning, Minnesota Wild, Phoenix Coyotes), in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
Jonathan Nichols, American dance skater (with partner Tami Tyler), in Wilmington, Delaware.
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